Given how the artists screwed up southern Germany, we can start taking bets what all they will get wrong in the capital. The Berlin Wall is still standing? Everybody wears Pickelhauben? Posters that say Wählen Sie die NSDAP, except that they spell Wählen with a "v"?

This is not good. Can we either a) learn how to do research or b) get them back to California? Please?

Yes we get that you didn't like how they treated Germany, you don't have to keep going on about it in every Buffy comic thread.

And all I can say for sure at the moment is that the hardcovers will contain more than one trade paperback, but no single hardcover could hold all eight trades. I'm trying to decide between two 20-issue collections, or four 10-issue volumes.

It was a good read. I'm glad to hear that 'Retreat' is focused back on the Scoobies again. Also can't wait to have Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Giles, Faith and Oz all in the same freakin arc! Can't get much better than that. Seriously I haven't enjoyed a "cast" that much since way back in season three.

"8. trunkstheslayer: Any update on the 'Sheperd's Tale' story in the way of it either progressing or being nixed? I'm assuming the latter, given Joss's currently insane workload.

Scott Allie: Not nixed. We were just talking about it the other day. Still waiting on an outline, which Joss has written in his head, so he just has to find the time to get it written on paper. Or, you know ... screen."